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John ‘Woody’ Woodard spent twenty years with Penske Racing. He started working for the company on January 14, 1969 as a full time Mechanic, Chief Mechanic, and Crew Chief. In 1977 his role changed to Penske GM Power, then to Penske Power Systems, and again to Penske Truck Leasing in 1983. In his spare time he was a weekend warrior on Penske Indy Cars in the CART series. He was Chief Mechanic on three different National Championship teams, Trans Am with Chevrolet and Can Am with the Porsche 917s. He’s worked with a number of championship drivers including Bobby Allison, Mario Andretti, Mark Donohue, George Follmer, Al and Bobby Unser, and David Hobbs to name just a few. Woody will be a panelist at this year’s Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance.
That’s Woody’s MG Hot Rod pictured above and an old photo of Woody with Mark Donohue at the races.
SHOW SPONSORS
American Collectors Insurance • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation
INSPIRATION
Working with and getting to know Roger Penske was a great and enduring inspiration.
CHALLENGES
Listen to a heroic story about the 1971 Daytona 24 Hour race about a Ferrari 512M driven by David Hobbs and Mark Donohue. At 2:00 am Donohue hit the wall with the entire corner of the car missing. Somehow they rebuilt the car, got back on the track after 2 hours, and finished 3rd.
SPECIAL VEHICLE
1966 MGB GT Coupe Woody’s Hot Rod
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Ford The Dust and The Glory by Leo Levine
WORDS OF INSPIRATION
Make the call, knock on the door.
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